--- manual/s_algorithm/text/tracer.tex 2001/10/25 18:36:53 1.8 +++ manual/s_algorithm/text/tracer.tex 2001/11/13 15:32:28 1.9 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -% $Header: /home/ubuntu/mnt/e9_copy/manual/s_algorithm/text/tracer.tex,v 1.8 2001/10/25 18:36:53 cnh Exp $ +% $Header: /home/ubuntu/mnt/e9_copy/manual/s_algorithm/text/tracer.tex,v 1.9 2001/11/13 15:32:28 adcroft Exp $ % $Name: $ \section{Tracer equations} @@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ phenomenon. Finally, the bottom left and right panels use the same advection -scheme but the right does not use the mutli-dimensional method. At low +scheme but the right does not use the multi-dimensional method. At low Courant number this appears to not matter but for moderate Courant number severe distortion of the feature is apparent. Moreover, the stability of the multi-dimensional scheme is determined by the maximum @@ -704,6 +704,6 @@ non-linear schemes have the most stability (up to Courant number 1). \item If you need to know how much diffusion/dissipation has occurred you will have a lot of trouble figuring it out with a non-linear method. -\item The presence of false extrema is unphysical and this alone is the +\item The presence of false extrema is non-physical and this alone is the strongest argument for using a positive scheme. \end{itemize}